Avista Resort North Myrtle Beach

Road Warrior And Then Some

I think it takes a certain type of person: Living 24 / 7 in LESS that 100sq ft of living space!! … You sure find out how compatible you are when you find yourself attached at the hip to another individual… With a leash of about 20 ft it is a whole different experience and not without it's challenges: As Steve mentioned tonight after I had spent 20 mins engrossed in conversation with a fisherman … he felt maybe I was ...

... caring and good-hearted neighbors.

Our target for tonight is Huntington Beach State Park just south of Myrtle Beach SC. The golf courses seemingly begin at the NC/SC border and are back to back. We see our first Spanish moss hanging from the trees and re-enter a growing area with farmer's markets popping up along the highway. It is tomato season and we could not be more thrilled, the roadside thermometers read 75 – 79 degrees ...

Today's weather was perfect for our adventure: a trip to Huntington Beach State Park. Huntington is located at Murrel's Inlet, south of Myrtle Beach. The beach is a small, beautiful, white sand beach with no condos, no houses, nothing to spoil your view (if you are looking north.) Tim and Brenda are birders, so we took a short walk through the woods onto a boardwalk where we saw the ...

... around for a few hours, then moved on to explore some of the local coastline. Unfortunately we had some bad news when we got back to the Hotel, that Caroline's mum has been taken into hospital, so our thoughts are with her at the moment as she makes ...

... we went back to the hotel to get ready for the first night of the reunion.



Tim and Brenda (our college roomies) arrived and we went to the Grillhouse for dinner. Then it was back to meet the Pine Forest alumni. They seem to be your typical bunch of "old geezers" as Rick calls them. Some older and geezier than others! The band they had put together of alumni - some of whom used to play together - was surprisingly ...

... whew, life was good, it slowed us down about an hour and half, and we were back on the road cruising towards the freeway, making our path down to the beach.

We spent 2 nights at Myrtle Beach S.C. and tried out two different skate parks there. One was behind a surf/skate shop and the store never opened that day so it was free skating all day. We met a few local skaters Two, who's name we could remember ...

Hello Myrtle Beach!!! Oh, how I needed you. As we were driving into Myrtle Beach, SC we all hoped we would be at least within walking distance of the beach. Then our prayers were more than answered when we pulled into the Comfort Suites ON THE BEACH... and even better, with all ocean view rooms. It was gorgeous. Upper 60's, slightly cloudy, warm ocean breezes, and the sounds of the waves crashing as we slept with the door to our balcony open. It was by far the best place we ...

Huntington Beach is about 20 minutes south of Myrtle Beach. WW and I came here because we like birds, and we saw a lot of them. One we could not photograph is the Roseate Spoonbill, which was too far away, but we saw them in our binocs.

WW saw her ...

The pics tell the story. There are loggerhead turtle nests here. WW and I got a campsite far from the beach in a private site nestled in the forest.

Camping is $30 a night. SC has an income tax and an 8% sales tax. All of the State Park employees I met ...

... from you, you too should leave – evacuate. If he is seen standing, holding guard before the winds whisk him away, then you are safe to stay. Over two hundred years, The Gray Man has become a staple of the Grand Strand lore.

The Stone Crab Boy

By the Old Pier in Myrtle Beach, you may catch a glimpse of one of the most disturbing paranormal sites of the Grand Strand. The Stone Crab Boy is a phenomenon whose origins ...